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Last Friday, Oct. 4, we all awoke to find a cold wet snow had covered our evergreens and golden aspen with inches of white. It was beautiful but brought an abrupt end to summer. It also brought back memories to me of other first snows.

Evergreen Youth Wrestling is holding registration Oct. 9 from 6-7 p.m. at Evergreen High School. Practices begin Oct. 15 from 5:45-7:30 p.m. in the wrestling room.
Cost is $160 per child, which includes up to three practices per week, three tournaments, dual meets, approximately 10 more live matches and insurance. The season runs from mid-October through early March. Practices will be held Tuesdays and Wednesdays with an optional practice on Friday nights.
For more details, contact Ross Willson at 720-988-6461 or via e-mail at evergreenyouthwrestling@yahoo.com.

By Tim Donohoo
For the CourierPARKER — Evergreen senior running back Joe Danni rushed for 90 yards on 14 carries and scored two touchdowns to lead the visiting Cougars to a hard fought 23-20 victory over Lutheran on Oct. 5 at Sports Authority Stadium.
Coach Rob Molholm’s squad ran out to a 10-0 first-quarter advantage on the strength of a Nash Norton 27-yard field goal and a 3-yard touchdown jaunt by Danni around the left side with 4 minutes, 41 seconds left in the opening quarter.

Julie Williams, a Colorado native and a product of Jeffco schools, is running for school board.

Williams, who is making her first bid for public office, is vying with Tonya Aultman-Bettridge in District 1, which covers the northern part of the county. Robin Johnson, who had held the District 1 seat since 2009, resigned in August after moving out of the county.

By Craig Harper
For the CourierDENVER —The Evergreen tennis team doubled up at last week’s Class 4A Region 1 tournament.
After qualifying one doubles team for last year’s state tournament, the Cougars advanced a pair of their four tandems to this week’s championship at Pueblo City Park — Evan Bauer and Lucas Weidner at No. 3 and Peter Fellows and Teddy Evans at No. 4.

Kyle Malazdrewicz’s voice quivered with disappointment. Kyle Peterson’s too. The Evergreen boys golf team’s top two seniors, along with freshman Liam Short, had the perfect setting. Beautiful, sunny weather and their home course — Hiwan Golf Club — serving as the backdrop for the 2013 4A state tournament.

Colorado’s name means “colored red” and is linked to the Colorado River. The river was dubbed “Rio Colorado” by early Spanish explorers because of the red color silt it carries from the mountains. When the area became an official territory in 1861, officials believed the term would be an apt moniker for our colorful lands.